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Credit: iStockphoto/Thinkstock The vast majority of adults have had a sore back at some point in their lives. If they're lucky, the pain subsides after a few days or weeks. But for some, whose initial injuries appear no different than the fortunate ones, back pain lasts for years.

If aliens ever sent us a message, scientists hope to pick it up in a remote part of northern California. There, in a clearing nestled amid the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, 42 radio dishes point together at the sky. The dishes, each 20 feet across, form a single, giant scientific instrument called the Allen Telescope Array.

Men with low testosterone should have their hormone levels retested after they fast overnight because eating may transiently lower testosterone levels, a new study concludes. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Wayne Maddison was 13 years old when he fell in love. Standing on the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, he noticed a mat of grass float by. On top of the mat was a spider about the size of a dime, withmetallic green jaws. "She looked up at me," recalls Maddison.

Night lights may foster depression Chronic dim light triggers temporary brain changes in animals Psychiatrists sometimes prescribe light therapy to treat a form of depression in people who get too little morning sun. But too much light at other times may actually trigger such mood disorders.

Egg production after birth questioned Study finds no evidence of stem cells in mouse ovaries Web edition : Monday, July 9th, 2012 Women may indeed be limited to the number of eggs their ovaries contain at birth, a new study finds, directly contradicting recent research that suggests otherwise.

High-pressure studies reveal long-sought phase Web edition : Thursday, March 1st, 2012 Squeezing hydrogen at extreme pressures changes it into a mix of honeycombed atoms layered with free-floating molecules - an entirely new state of the element and the first new phase found in decades.

From International Business Times… The flood is finally over for Wagga Wagga residents. However, damages of properties, loss of lives and injuries will remain in the memories of the people…. While everyone is looking at re-establishing properties, countless hairy-legged critters are busying rebuilding their homes.

For more information on this amazing robot here is another link: http://www.herts.ac.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/KASPAR-autism-robot-to-appear-at-Royal-Society.cfm

Psychologist suggests synthesthesia may underlie creature's apparent memory feats Web edition : Friday, June 15th, 2012 View the video In what seems like a blow for humanity, a very smart chimpanzee in Japan crushes any human challenger at a number memory game.

Giant celestial disk hard to explain Star's oversized debris ring challenges theories of planet formation Web edition : Friday, June 15th, 2012 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - About 80 light-years away, an enormous, dusty ring swirls around a sunlike star, with a defined inner edge that is probably sculpted by a planet orbiting at 140 times Earth's distance from the sun.

Hartmut Esslinger and the frog design firm were eager to weigh in on the design, technology, and strategy behind the iPad.

Story about supernova's and their second faces